Garett Hickling, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Canadian wheelchair rugby player
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Place of Birth: Mica Creek, Canada
About Garett Hickling
- Garett Hickling (born September 18, 1970) is a Canadian wheelchair rugby player.
- He is on the Canada national wheelchair rugby team and has been voted most valuable player at several World Championships (1995-1998-2002).
- He has a Gold medal from the 2002 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, a silver medal from the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, and a bronze medal from 2008 in Beijing.
- He was the Canadian flag-bearer at the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Paralympics.
- He has competed in every Paralympics that included his sport, representing Canada five times.Hickling broke his neck at age 16 in 1987.
- He and two friends were hiking an unfamiliar B.C.
- trail at night when they fell off a cliff; one of the friends died.
- About five years later, Hickling took up wheelchair rugby.
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